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An economy is enlarging its stock of capital goods:
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When gross investment exceeds replacement investment.
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GDP is the
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Monetary value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a nation in a particular year.
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If depreciation (consumption of fixed capital) exceeds gross domestic investment, we can conclude that:
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Net investment is negative.
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Which of the following is an intermediate good?
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The purchase of baseball uniforms by a professional baseball team.
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If the economy adds to its inventory of goods during some year:
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This amount should be included in calculating that year's GDP.
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In national income accounting, the consumption category of expenditures includes purchases of:
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Automobiles for personal use but not houses.
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The smallest component of aggregate spending in the United States is:
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Net exports
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A nation's gross domestic product (GDP):
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Is the dollar value of all final output produced within the borders of the nation during a specific period of time.
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If depreciation exceeds gross investment:
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the economy's stock of capital is shrinking.
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If in some year gross investment was $120 billion and net investment was $65 billion, then in that year the country's capital stock:
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Increased by $65 billion.
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The concept of net domestic investment refers to:
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Total investment less the amount of investment goods used up in producing the year's output.
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Which of the following transactions would be included in GDP?
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Peter buys a newly constructed house.
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A nation's gross domestic product (GDP):
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can be found by summing C + Ig + G + Xn.
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The value of U.S. imports is:
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Subtracted from exports when calculating GDP because imports do not constitute production in the United States.
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The largest component of total expenditures in the United States is:
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Consumption
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Which of the following is not economic investment?
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The purchase of 100 shares of AT&T by a retired business executive.
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National income accountants define investment to include:
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Any increase in business inventories.
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If intermediate goods and services were included in GDP:
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The GDP would be overstated
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Which of the following is a final good or service?
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A haircut purchased by a father for his 12 year-old son.
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Government purchases include government spending on:
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government consumption goods and public capital goods.
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Suppose that GDP was $200 billion in year 1 and that all other components of expenditures remained the same in year 2 except that business inventories increased by $10 billion. GDP in year 2 is:
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210 Billion
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In the treatment of U.S. exports and imports, national income accountants:
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Add exports, but subtract imports, in calculating GDP.
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Net exports are
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exports less imports